I would assume that by the end of 2013 there will be 802.11ac airport routers. When the 802.11ac chips start showing up in apple computers I fell that they will release the routers.

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I hope they come out very soon. I'd love to bridge one from my cable modem to my BR player. I need 802.11ac for more bandwidth as I stream from my PC and 1080p DTS requires more bandwidth than my BR player included wireless supports.

I hope they come out very soon. I'd love to bridge one from my cable modem to my BR player. I need 802.11ac for more bandwidth as I stream from my PC and 1080p DTS requires more bandwidth than my BR player included wireless supports.

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Neat. Although keep in mind that often having older network devices sharing the same network can slow everything down - you may have some painful mass upgrading to do.

Neat. Although keep in mind that often having older network devices sharing the same network can slow everything down - you may have some painful mass upgrading to do.

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The only painful part is the cost. I'll put an 802.11ac extreme at my PC and two 802.11ac expresses on my bedroom and living room HT system and bridge them. I'll be finally able to stream 1080p lossless audio to my HT systems and even fastfoward and rewind without much stutter. That is of course if Apple actually releases an 802.11ac before the end of this year, otherwise I'll probably go Asus.

The only painful part is the cost. I'll put an 802.11ac extreme at my PC and two 802.11ac expresses on my bedroom and living room HT system and bridge them. I'll be finally able to stream 1080p lossless audio to my HT systems and even fastfoward and rewind without much stutter. That is of course if Apple actually releases an 802.11ac before the end of this year, otherwise I'll probably go Asus.

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I'm not expecting an 11ac Airport Router until next summer. I imagine that in January we'll see second generation 11ac hardware announced that Apple will jump on.

Although it will mean replacing my TC and my AE, I think I'd take the plunge...When it's ratified in 2013, reported speeds are said to be a huge leap forward....I guess a 3TB TC would still be worth a little money, even if it's running the older standard.

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